EA CFO: Next-gen game prices not yet decided

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EA CFO Blake Jorgensen says next-generation game prices are yet to be decided.

"Typically at the start of a cycle you've seen the pricing raised to, say, $69 for a core piece of software" He said at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference today.
"And then over the life of those it's drifted down to an introduction price of around $59. We haven't yet set pricing on our gen-fours but you'll probably see a similar trend to that during the start of the next cycle" He added.

This comes after Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO - Jack Tretton - indicated that PS4 retail games will cost $60.

He also talked about the possibility of Battlefield 4 on next-gen consoles:
"I'd say between now and E3 you're going to see a lot of stuff from us. We're very excited about Sony's platform. The technical power on the platform is going to allow us to do a substantial amount of things we've never done before.

"I've seen the new Battlefield and it is stunning. It is just amazing what the imagination of the game developers are allowed to do with that much power"

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CentPosted:

Dior The games in the UK are extremely expensive too. I cost around 50 which is $75


Man that's a lot, i don't get why they do that.

HallPosted:

to 1 pound* I put the pound symbol but I guess it doesn't show up..

HallPosted:

Dior The games in the UK are extremely expensive too. I cost around 50 which is $75


Its more than that, the conversion rate is $1.80 to 1

DiorPosted:

The games in the UK are extremely expensive too. I cost around 50 which is $75

SOGPosted:

Tuba
RockstarGames games should be free but pay for what uptime you have


if they were free, nobody would release good games


Exactly, they would make no profit then, why waste their time for us to play them?

CentPosted:

Tuba
RockstarGames games should be free but pay for what uptime you have


if they were free, nobody would release good games


All games would be garbage.

neboPosted:

RockstarGames games should be free but pay for what uptime you have


if they were free, nobody would release good games

SOGPosted:

RockstarGames games should be free but pay for what uptime you have


How do you figure? I reckon you should get 1 or 2 free games with the console but that's it.

CentPosted:

Really, they should stay at $60.

SOGPosted:

Feet
Reduction You guys are complaining, here in Australia, new released games cost an average of $80-110
which is ridiculous (I understand AUD to USD conversion)


Why would it be different?


What do you mean? I know the conversions and AUS actually charge more. I mean the BO2 care package here costed rougly $250.